"We find in the history of ideas mutations which do not seem to correspond to any obvious need, and at first sight appear as mere playful whimsies such as Apollonius' work on conic sections, or the non-Euclidean geometries, whose practical value became apparent only later."

-- Arthur Koestler

#Sight Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Mutation Quotes

“Even her hair, she thought, running her fingers impatiently through the damp golden brown ringlets that curled romantically around her face. A Botticelli angel, a boy in college once called her, begging her to let it grow. Right! That was all she needed: wild curls cascading down her back like a doomed Shakespearian virgin, or a rock star.”

Source : Naomi Ragen (2001). “The Ghost of Hannah Mendes”, p.70, Macmillan
“My father will go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra every single year. I mean, he's completely into it.”
“If good people would but make goodness agreeable, and smile instead of frowning in their virtue, how many they would win to the good cause.”
“I generally play strong people and scary people.”
“To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.”
“Gardening is not something to get on your high horse about or be overwhelmed by. Either you enjoy it or you don't.”
“The ordinary is ultimately what moves us most deeply. It's what touches us, and it's what we most recognize, in great moments of art.”
“I'm also the father of three beautiful children and I've been married to my wife for 18 years, and we've been together for 20 years, so I have a very tender side.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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